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CleanFollow the money: Are bank scammers about to be stopped in their tracks?

This is Money has relentlessly campaigned to fight online fraud – and in a major victory, Britain's biggest banks are now trialling a new system to trace stolen money. Is the end nigh for scammers?
Editor Simon Lambert and host Georgie Frost talk ab..

Are you trying to save for retirement, make the most of your income in old age, navigate the state pension maze, or just feel baffled by some bit of pension jargon?
In the This is Money podcast this week, former Pensions Minister and our regular colum.

Is austerity really coming to an end? And are the rich getting richer thanks to the Government?
In the This is Money podcast this week, editor Simon Lambert, assistant editor Lee Boyce and host Georgie Frost analyse the 2018 Budget.
Money for the NHS.

CleanStock market turmoil spreads across the globe – what's causing it and how concerned should we be?

As stock market turmoil spreads across the globe, the advice is to keep calm and carry on, folks.
In the latest This is Money podcast, editor Simon Lambert and host Georgie Frost discuss what's causing it, how long will it go on for and how concerned .

CleanPrivate car park sharks are in our sights as our campaign for justice steps up a gear

This week, This is Money launched another campaign - and we have the private car parking sharks and the DVLA in our sights.
We talk about the horrific cases of drivers being fined and penalised we have received from readers and listeners so far, ask h.

Child benefit and state pension - It’s not the most obvious link.
But if you are a parent who is looking after a child instead of working, you need to register for child benefit in order to build up your entitlement in retirement age.
Austerity swep

On Budget day, March 2013, Chancellor George Osborne launched a scheme intended to help first-time buyers but was described at the time by This is Money as a 'very good day for builders'.
Help to Buy was seen as just another ploy to prop up the UK h...

The reports of buy-to-let’s death have been greatly exaggerated. That is the view of one of the few professional residential property fund managers in the UK.
Alan Collett, who runs the Hearthstone fund, believes for the astute investor there is

As banks went kaput a decade ago, the safety of our savings was thrust into the limelight.
Most had never considered that cash in the bank was at risk and knew little about the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. When Icesave blew up a year after .

What do you do about the looming inheritance tax threat when you live with elderly parents along with your own child and the home is worth nearly £10million – and you want to continue living there?
It sounds like a champagne problem, but IHT does hi.

What would you teach a student about money?
It’s almost time for a fresh year of students to start university and as they find their feet with new friends and a new way of studying they will also face another challenge – being in charge of their fin

CleanWould a cashless society work in Britain – or is it a recipe for disaster?

Established banks, challengers, fintech firms and payments providers – they all have one thing in common: none of them are immune to IT problems, glitches, hacks, meltdowns or customer service failures.
Yet the momentum towards going cashless shows ..

Buying a home, whether it is your first-time or not, can be a daunting experience.
From the initial hunt trawling through property websites, to finally getting the keys, it can be an arduous process with plenty of tricky hurdles to overcome.
In t...

CleanWhy are smart meters being forced on us and are they a waste of money?

The Government's £11billion scheme to install 53million smart meters in homes and small businesses by the end of 2020 has been plagued by problems.
Now it appears there may be more hidden nasties. A wireless tech expert says they have the power to tak

CleanWhy it’s time to fight back against parking madness (and how to beat a ticket)

From pubs to hotels and shops to petrol stations, Britain has gone parking mad.
Private land owners have been signed up across the country by operators, who stick in automatic numberplate recognition cameras and then dish out tickets to motorists who .

Interest rates have finally risen above 0.5 per cent for the first time in almost a decade.
The Bank of England has decided that the UK's economy is healthy enough to finally get above the financial crisis emergency level, but was the hike a wise mo...

We’re all going on a summer holiday! Don’t worry, podcast fans, we aren’t really, but we are dedicating this week’s show to the lucky among you who are.
We cover all things money from planning your holiday to arriving back home again.
We talk th

Working out what to do with a life-changing sum of money is a nice problem to have but that doesn’t mean it’s not tricky.
We’ve all read the stories of inheritances, lottery wins and other windfalls squandered - and even if you have spent a l

In this five minute guide to what you need to think about when writing your will, This is Money editor Simon Lambert explains what he discovered when he wrote his - and the things you need to consider.

How soon will you be driving an electric car? The Government laid out its Road to Zero plan this week, adding some detail to previous announcements on how it wants to drum petrol and diesel cars off our streets.
But is there enough in there to show ...

The world of savings could be set for a shake-up when a new player comes to town – Marcus.
Marcus is an online challenger bank and an offshoot of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, and may just put a bit of welcome pressure on rates in the savi..

If you are selling your home you need to make it look as good as possible.
And that starts before you welcome any potential buyers through the door, as to even get them to consider visiting it needs to look great in estate agent's photos.
In a wo...

The National Health Service is 70 years old this year and most of us are proud of the British institution, leaning on it in our times of need.
However, we’re living longer with more complex problems and the service keeps crying out that it needs more

What's the most important thing when you want to move home?
Should you worry more about getting the best price or simply about getting your home sold?
On this week's podcast we delve into the art of home selling, looking at how to make sure the p...

Whatever happened to bitcoin? After the mania at the end of last year when the price spiked to almost $20,000, the cryptocurrency took a tumble but more noticeably attention has drained away.
You need no greater sign of that than figures showing bitco.

CleanWhat on earth has been going on in Italy and what does it mean for your money?

Global financial markets have been flying up and down and all over the place this week and it’s all got to do with one boot-shaped country in the Mediterranean.
Italy has found itself embroiled in a power struggle between Eurosceptic populists – win

CleanWhat did Charles Ponzi do - and is money flipping the dumbest scheme yet?

Ever heard of money flipping? It’s a new scheme doing the rounds on Facebook and social media that promises to turn your £50 into potentially thousands.
So how do you do that? Simple really, you pay others to get onto the bottom rung of a pyramid an

CleanHow to buy a home with less than £10,000 - but is a small deposit mortgage wise?

High house prices mean that the biggest barrier to buying a home in Britain is raising a deposit.
With mortgage interest rates at near record low levels, many would-be homeowners could afford monthly payments - but saving the average £30,000 deposit w

You don’t need to spend long reading the news to find a warning that Britain isn’t saving enough for retirement.
But with a little bit of effort it is possible to get saving so that you can enjoy a richer retirement.
On this week’s podcast Simon .

CleanWhat are 'money mules' and how can we halt this scam in its tracks?

A top bank has formed a 'money mule hunting squad' and is planning to share its secrets with rivals.
How does this scam work and what is being done to fight it? Should banks, universities and schools take more action to prevent young people getting su.

CleanShould people cash in on their homes to enjoy life or help their kids?

Should you cash in on your home to help yourself or your kids?
As a generation retires with more money in their houses than the bank, this question will only become more pressing.
And it’s been a topic of much debate on This is Money this week, as w

What has Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, got to do with long-forgotten television soap Eldorado?
Find out in the latest This is Money podcast, in which editor Simon Lambert and consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce discuss the inflation .

CleanBig energy firms including British Gas to bump up prices for millions - it's time to fight back!

British Gas have revealed this week that more than four million households face a 5.5 per cent bill increase from the end of May thanks to changes to its standard variable tariff.
Hot on its heels, EDF Energy announced it will be hiking the cost of en.

Good news. Chances are you just got a tax cut.
Well an income tax cut at least, problem is your council tax is likely to be rising and if you are an investor the Government is after more of your dividends, or if you’re a landlord it wants your rental

Building up a pension was once relatively simple, for each year you worked for a company it promised to pay you some money in retirement.
The death of the final salary scheme put paid to that and now most people must invest into a pension instead - wi.

My property is my pension. That was the popular saying when buy-to-let was all the rage and every other person you met fancied their chances as a minor property mogul.
But life has got much tougher for landlords, with a series of tax grabs and tougher.

It’s not long before the door slams shut on your chance to use this year’s Isa allowance.
It’s always best not to leave Isa saving or investing until the last month of the tax year, but many of us will do so.
If you do end up fixing your Isa aga

We have a housing crisis. That’s the message, loud and clear, and it was reiterated by the Prime Minister this week.
What’s the answer? Build more homes.
Or is it? Because once you start digging into the subject, this housing crisis is a pretty il

In this excerpt from the This is Money podcast, Simon Lambert outlines why he thinks interest rates should rise and Rachel Rickard Straus explains why savers need to switch to better deals and not just rely on rates going up.

CleanThe slow motion crash on the High Street - and what Buffett learnt from his bet

Toys R Us and Maplin were sunk this week, investors are nervously watching Carpetright and Mothercare, and restaurants from Jamie Oliver’s, to Byron, and now Prezzo are closing their doors.
This week’s shop closures could see more than 5,000 jobs l

CleanSecret world of the credit ratings unmasked – and why it could be Isa, Isa baby this year

Just how does the mythical and bizarre world of credit ratings really work? How can you improve your score and what does the figure even mean?
On this week's podcast, personal finance editor Rachel Rickard Straus and consumer affairs editor Lee Boyc...

Interest rates are going to rise in May, if you believe economists, but will things get better or worse for you if they do?
A few years ago, Mark Carney told us to enjoy the low inflation world while it lasted, but now wages are forecast to rise and k.

Buy, sell, or hold? When stock markets take a tumble, it's decision time.
Investors got a shock this week, when the prolonged period without a stock market correction – dubbed the Big Calm – came to an abrupt end.
Many were not surprised by the f...

The Chancellor asked for ideas for inheritance tax to be simplified this week, but should we even have a death tax at all?
It is highly unpopular, and some who argue against it say that taxing someone when they are alive and then their estate when the.

Could you get duped into sending a fraudster thousands of pounds?
Many people think of course they wouldn’t, but then it happens to them.
In this week’s podcast Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost look into the disturbing rise in fraudsters

CleanWhat protects your pension when a company like Carillion collapses?

The collapse of Carillion this week brought how Britain runs itself into the spotlight, but it also left many workers wondering about their money.
And it's not just their wages that are a concern, the safety of people's final salary pensions is a majo.

Planning on relying on the state pension to keep you afloat in retirement? After listening to this week’s podcast, you might want to have a rethink.
On this episode, presenter Georgie Frost, consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce and personal finance edit

House prices are coming off the boil, but it is London and the South East that are suffering, while some regional cities do well.
But what happens next?
Simon Lambert takes a look at the house price forecasts for 2018 and whether property will ri...

CleanWill you get richer in 2018? From savings to house prices, we look at the forecasts

From savings rates, to property prices and the prospects for the UK economy, this week we take a look at what will (might) happen to our finances in 2018.
Predictions – as we all know – are a mug’s game, but as it is the start of a new year, it’

CleanWhen facts cause friction: Tim Harford joins us for a special This is Money podcast on fake news and why statistics can be emotive

Facts are either right or wrong, right?
...wrong?
In this special episode of the This is Money podcast Tim Harford, presenter of the BBC series More or Less and all-round Undercover Economist makes a second guest appearance.
We talk about facts and .

Have you ever really thought about what it is that creates the modern economy?
These are the things that surround us and we interact with, or depend on, everyday but rarely think about.
From credit cards, to shipping containers, batteries and double.

It’s time for the annual This is Money Christmas taste test – and our look at how the supermarket business is faring.
This year, the contenders are Sainsbury’s for the mass market, Waitrose for the upmarket, and Lidl for the discount challenger.

It's been a decent year for investors and major stock markets around the world are trading near record highs.
Things may continue to go up, but it always pays to have a Plan B just in case they don't and stock markets take a tumble.
Simon Lambert, of...

Could you train your brain to get richer?
Behavioural economics tells us that we regularly behave irrationally – and nudge theory has been used by governments and organisations around the world to try to make us better people.
But could you take ma

Bitcoin has risen more than tenfold this year and doubled in just seven weeks.
But can it keep rising as adoption gets more widespread, does blockchain's promise justify the price, and does any of this matter as to whether it is in a bubble or not?
In.

Britain’s car industry is crying foul, as not a single new diesel car avoids the Budget tax hike because the test they have to pass hasn’t come in yet.
Car makers claim that new diesels are fine, but can we believe them? Meanwhile, campaigners want

The Chancellor axed stamp duty for first-time buyers in the Budget up to £300,000, but his own watchdog claimed it would drive up house prices.
So is the Office of Budget Responsibility right? Simon Lambert says its logic is flawed and that we need ...

It was billed as a make or break Budget, so did the Chancellor pitch it right?
Philip Hammond pulled a George Osborne-sized rabbit from the hat at the end with the abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers, but was that enough to make us to forget.

Yes, it’s another Budget. On Wednesday, November 22, Philip Hammond will stand up and deliver his second Budget of the year and this is his chance to ride to the Conservatives’ rescue.
After the last Budget mess, the snap election that went wrong, t

Have you ever dreamed of retiring early, or at least choosing to work on your own terms?
There is a niche but growing movement that’s all about financial independence - it’s not necessarily about stopping work completely, but it is about having the

How quickly does the Bank of England think that the base rate will rise after its first move up? Simon Lambert looks at the figures and outlines the good, the bad and the awkward, in this excerpt from the This is Money podcast.

It finally happened. The Bank of England raised interest rates for the first time in more than a decade this week.
But what was the point of that rate rise? It was certainly a curiosity, coming alongside a decidedly downbeat Inflation Report.
Was it to.

Do you have a will? If not you should probably get one.
But if you do have one, do you understand what’s in it?
According to Will Aid, MORE THAN HALF (54%) of parents with children under the age of 18 don’t have a will.
That’s 54 per cent min

Inheritance tax is one of the most hated around.
Despite the fact that most people will never leave enough wealth to have it charged on their estates, we really don't like the idea of 40% above a certain amount going to the taxman.
But IHT is also a .

Behavioural economists believe a gentle nudge in the right direction can make you richer and over recent years they have managed to win the ears of governments around the world – including the UK’s.
This week one of the thinkers who helped spread th

Households are being pushed into having smart meters fitted by energy giants trying to meet their own targets.
But despite delivering accurate billing many are unhappy at having the meters fitted. So what's the problem with them?
Lee Boyce, Georgie Fr.

Forget coughing fits, pranksters and tumbling letters for a minute. Along with a car crash speech for Theresa May, the Tory party conference also brought a few policies that might make a difference to our financial lives.
Student fees, housebuilding an.

In this excerpt from the This is Money Podcast, Simon Lambert, Rob Hull and Georgie Frost discuss how new car buyers can get the best deal from the car scrappage schemes being offered by dealers.
The This is Money Podcast brings you everything you n.

Labour didn’t win the last General Election but leader Jeremy Corbyn believes it could do next time. In case that comes around anytime soon, the party this week laid out some plans at its conference.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell also revealed tha

CleanAre interest rates really about to rise - and should you fix your mortgage long-term?

This week the team ask the million dollar question: are interest rates really about to rise before the end of 2017?
Are house buyers in property 'paradise' after a recent index showed a fall in monthly house asking prices - and should homeowners fix t..

This is Money has had a string of questions from readers looking to give their cash to children or grandchildren but who also wish to protect it from being squandered or lost in a relationship break-up.
Whether the money is for a house deposit or to av.

CleanAre scrappage schemes a good deal and could your next car be electric?

Car scrappage schemes are back. After waiting in vain for the government to launch an official scrappage scheme to get dirty diesels off the road, car makers have taken matters into their own hands.
But is this an altruistic move to help replace more .

CleanHow to boost your finances by claiming free cashback, ditching loyalty and taking heed of a very important deadline…

Hasta La Vista PPI!
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been drafted in as a last-ditch attempt to get the millions of us who still haven't claimed compensation for mis-sold PPI to do so.
In this episode of the podcast, top financial broadcaster Georgie Frost .

CleanWhat was the financial crisis, the credit crunch - and will it all happen again?

Ten years ago last week the greatest game of hide and seek was about to come to an end.
Banks had been lending money to people who had no way of ever paying it back to buy houses they would never be able to afford.
But rather than writing off t...

Are banks doing everything that they can to track down fraudsters who con you into transferring them money?
They repeatedly tell us that they are, but one man says that’s not true.
He got scammed, took matters into his own hands and got £20,000 ba

CleanWill a diesel and petrol car ban work - and what are electric cars like?

Will a diesel and petrol car ban even work?
If you believe the Government, in 23 years’ time new diesel and petrol cars will be banned. From 2040 the future is electric.
But as these controversial plans were rolled out this week, the first questi...

The state pension age will rise once more, it emerged this week - with those in their 40s set to lose out. But is it fair to continue to raise the state pension age in line with life expectancy, especially for those who cannot work through their 60s?
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Mumblings of potential big house price falls have emerged again recently to delight the crashists.
The 40% number was even mentioned - and that's not happened in a while.
The property market is clearly slowing down - and prices are falling in London - .

CleanElvis has left the building, robots are taking over our investments, bozos are running our savings

If you pop into the bookies and bung a quid on Elvis Presley still being alive – he died in 1977 - and he shows up as the support act to his heir apparent Ed Sheeran at Wembley Stadium next year, you’ll win £2,000.
Put that pound into a top paying

CleanThe State we’re in: could higher pay for nurses and scrapping university fees boost the economy?

Nurses have had their pay cut every year for the last five years.
Students are coming out of our universities with the highest level of debt in the West – higher on average than the USA.
Rents are totally out of control.
What then are the prospe

CleanCould interest rates really rise this year and do we need to worry about car loans?

What do you mean you’ve never seen The Big Short?
It was nominated for five Oscars, won one and features Brad Pitt, Christian Bale and the part-time stripper with five houses and a condo.
Watch it. Now! It’s all true. It’s about the financial cri.

CleanWhat are stocks and shares? Introducing Big Money Questions - and a lot of enlightening answers

‘If you've ever wondered how you get triangles from a cow,’ sang British music legends Half Man Half Biscuit, ‘you need butter milk and cheese and an equilateral chain saw. ‘
It’s obvious when you know the answer!
But what about the stuff yo

CleanThe all new standard of living - and other related problems (and some solutions)

Wherever your heart lies in the debate about Britain’s role in the world, your head cannot escape the fact that we import a lot of what we consume.
From the oil and gas that heats our homes and powers our cars to the hops that add flavour to our pin

CleanElection 2017: Young voters changed the economic game plan - and what the DUP can bring to the party

It was meant to be an election about Brexit but it turned into one about new young voters and what they wanted. They wanted change.
What they got was a minority Government, a coalition between the Conservatives and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unioni

CleanThe road to our future looks bright if only we were prepared to pay for it

Would you pay more tax for better health, housing, communications, green spaces, roads, social care, railways, education, defence?
Or not?
The consensus seems to be that we would if only people felt they could trust the people who spend it on our b.

A row that erupted over the Tory manifesto social care plans led to accusations of a dementia tax and a swift U-turn.
Voters had previously been told they would get a cap on costs, but instead they got a floor of £100,000 to which their wealth could b.

CleanWhich party do you trust with the economy? Tories, Labour and Lib Dem head to head

The manifestos are out, but which political party would you trust with the UK economy?
We look at Labour's plan to hike taxes, the Tories' plan to ditch the triple lock and the Lib Dem's plan to make a bit of cash on the side from selling weed.
This we.

In part two of this week’s podcast, Georgie Frost, Rich Browning and Simon Lambert discuss the inevitability of another global financial meltdown and how we’re going to fix it this time round.
Meanwhile, what’s in store in Europe now a former inv

CleanIs this finally it? Have house prices peaked? Dare we mention that word, crash?

The property data is out and it’s not looking good.
House prices fell for the first time in five years.
Homes are going for less than asking prices.
Yet in some areas you need 17 times your salary to buy a place.
Where’s it all going to end?

CleanThe supermarket squeeze on the way - and the tax breaks you just lost

Shoppers have enjoyed cheap prices off the back of a supermarket price war, but alarm bells were sounded in Sainsbury’s results this week, showing how cost inflation is squeezing its profits.
How long is it before supermarkets give up trying to cushi

The pensions triple lock means that state pensions rise by wages, inflation or 2.5% - whichever is greatest. This promise has raised pensioner incomes but stands accused of being too expensive and has become an election hot potato. Should it be ditched.

Plans to massively hike probate fees have been dropped, but was this due to the General Election or the government trying to distance itself from a move that saw a huge backlash? Simon Lambert, Rachel Rickard Straus and Georgie Frost discuss it on this.

CleanThe election is about your money - not just leadership battles - find out how

The result of the election on June 8 will determine the financial outcome of Britain possibly more than any other in recent memory.
So sit down and listen to Simon Lambert, Georgie Frost and Rachel Rickard Straus explain in simple terms what is at ...

CleanIt's not all Brexit... what does the UK election mean for your money?

Brexit this, Brexit that but what about the other stuff we need to worry about.
Britain soon gets to vote in another election and inevitably the campaigns surrounding it will be about Brexit.
Before you get bombarded with those, this week’s This i

The price of all sorts is going up this week - from stamps to council tax. This is Money's Rachel Rickard Straus and Lee Boyce play the lucky dip of price hikes - which involves a stop watch, chocolate eggs... and quick explanations of how bills are se.

CleanIt was a historic moment — Britain is leaving the affordable goods market

It was never about economics.
But 52% or the 72% turnout voted for the UK to leave the European Union last June and now it’s official.
Prime Minister Theresa May has written and delivered a letter that gives the country just two years to renegotia

CleanWe’ve seen the future – and it’s long, we’re poorer and there’s not a bank branch in sight

One thousand years ago, life expectancy was about 30 years. In 30 years’ time, someone will be born who could live to 1,000.
This causes a problem for the pensions industry and governments.
It’s tough enough finding an income for a few months wi

Clean10 reasons our finances are in a mess (without even mentioning Brexit)

What a mess we’re in. Without too much effort this week, we spotted 10 messes.
It was made pretty easy with the fallout from Chancellor Philip Hammond’s first go at a Budget making news all week. His attack on small business was up there with some

CleanWas the whole Budget a joke? Simon Lambert dissects a Chancellor's kamikaze attack on small business

It felt like there was something fishy going on during the Budget speech this week.
Chancellor Philip Hammond peppered the few official announcements he made with low-rent panto gags and political jibes. Were these a distraction technique?
With the .

CleanIs this the end of the bull run? A better explanation will be harder to find

A speech this week from President Donald Trump sent the US stock market soaring to a record high.
And where the US goes, the rest of the world follows. The FTSE 100 is also impressing investors.
Trump stood at the podium, behaved like an adult and e.

There are a lot of laughs this week as Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost take a sideways look at some of the week’s potty money stories.
Banks are in the spotlight because it’s reporting season and there was a mix of good news, shock news a

CleanThe three events that could bring about financial misery for millions

It’s the Holy Trinity of money-geddon (to mess up a couple of Biblical metaphors). But this could be big.
We’re less well off than in 2008, prices are going up and wages aren’t.
This adds up to trouble.
The British economy is based on us all

The property market is broken.
Years of cheap money have allowed lenders to lend more and more to people earning less and less and we’re at crisis point.
The politics of trying to boost the housing market to win votes has left us on the brink...

We haven’t left the world’s biggest trading block yet so measuring the success of Brexit is tricky. It hasn’t happened. There’s still no plan.
But what we do know is this.
The inequality gap between rich and poor in Britain is growing.
More t

We tried hard this week not to talk too much about Britain's exit from the European economic bedrock as it jumps headfirst into bed with Donald Trump’s protectionist America.
Instead, and in related news, Georgie Frost, Adrian Lowery and Simon Lambe

CleanFrom Brexit plans to Trump, it's just got real - what does that mean for your money?

This week will go down in history for a couple of major events.
A new US president being sworn in is always big news but that happens every four years. OK, Donald Trump might shake things up a bit if he's able to get his way.
Most noteworthy in...

CleanWill the FTSE keep rising? We've never had it so good, or have we?

Investors have been cheered by a stunning start to 2017 for the FTSE 100, which racked up a record-breaking run of closing highs.
But does that mean we should be confident or worried?
The FTSE 100 is made up of international companies with foreign e.

CleanFed up with bad news... listen to the optimism edition of the This is Money podcast

The glass is half full and we’re on the hunt for a silver lining as we look forward to what's in store for our finances in 2017.
We also cast a quick glance back at the most entertaining money stories of 2016, which were about... well, money.
We go

CleanEconomics, politics and Marmite – 2016 – an unusual year in focus

The phenomenal successes of British athletes at the Rio Olympics were quickly forgotten in 2016 as a confusing, unpredictable mix of politics and economics took over.
The peculiarities began before Brazil, however, when Leicester City won the Premier.

It might be the only time in history that four five-course supermarket Christmas dinners are taste-tested on live radio over a discussion about the state of the economy.
There’s really not much more one can say.
Other than will it be Lidl, Waitros

CleanWhat drives you mad. How mortgage lending works. The end of the world.

It’s amazing isn’t it? We’re a service economy with a heavy reliance on financial services but when it comes to customer services and financial services, we’re useless.
Our email inbox is permanently full of complaints about companies that refu

An energy firm collapsed this week, but even if you were one of GB Energy's customers you might not have even realised.
If you've ever wondered where all those strangely named energy firms have come from, listen to this week's This is Money Podcast to..

The new Chancellor delivered his first Autumn Statement this week with the aim of distancing himself from his predecessor - but what will it mean for you?
Philip Hammond grabbed the headlines with a ban on fees for tenants, a 2.2% savings bond, a mino.

After the Brexit vote rolled in, a tax giveaway and spending splurge was considered a nailed on certainty.
Five months down the line, Britain's economy has surprised many with its resilience and it's not so clear cut.
So what will Philip Hammond do in .

The Simpsons predicted it but did you? Donald Trump will be the next president of the US after his election win this week - something many thought was impossible.
But just how much of a part did economic dissatisfaction among those who feel left behi..

CleanWas the Bank of England wrong on Brexit? How to beat low rates and the robots after your job

The Bank of England updated us on post-Brexit vote Britain this week and managed to admit it was wrong while telling us it was right. Simon Lambert, Adrian Lowery and Georgie Frost rake through the inflation report and outlook for interest rates and th.

Cleared for take-off? Heathrow is given the green light for a third runway, but what does it mean for the economy, residents, house prices and the future of air travel from Britain?
Some under 30s ARE saving enough for retirement while we explain wh...

Enough already!
Can’t everything just be simpler?
‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’, said Leonardo da Vinci, whose basic thinking gave us art and helicopters to chat about and wonder over for centuries.
It hardly goes without sayi...

The country appeared to take leave of its senses this week.
As the pound continues to take a steady route south through the Channel tunnel down to the capital of Armageddon, the effects are being felt by businesses across Britain. And bit-by-bit con.

CleanArtificial intelligence, illusions and algorithms - the new market forces

It’s the best money show on the radio. Of that we are in no doubt.
What is in doubt, though, is what’s behind our ‘economic recovery’ and the small matter of the future of Britain.
Georgie and Simon are joined by ace This is Money investment a

It’s a really fun show this week and a fantastic antidote to the Bake Off and Brangelina hysteria.
For the initiated, two well-known Hollywood actors announced their divorce this week and the makers of televised cake-making competition revealed the..

Now that cash machines hardly ever distribute five pound notes, the Bank of England decided it was time to issue a new, modern plastic one - to great fanfare.
But the question on everyone's lips is why was it Winston Churchill and not Keith Richards...

This week the team from This is Money join Share Radio’s Georgie Frost for an entertaining look back at the week’s big stories from the disgusting tricks hidden in cancer insurance small print to the birth of a new money superhero, Scam Man.
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We take a look back at some of the recent major financial events that have affected us all. It's been a bumpy ride and it's time to take stock.
The team from This is Money with Georgie Frost of Share Radio explain the fallout of the EU referendum, t.

This week, as the country was feeling good about its record medal haul in the Rio Olympics, suddenly consumer confidence appeared to be looking healthy too.
But behind the rose-tinted sunglasses, a bubble of household debt was competing in a new ki...

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This week This is Money editor Simon Lambert and consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce explain the peculiarities of inheritance tax - and then ask why on earth it has to be so complicated. The team also discuss the watering down of the once quite fantastic.

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Yes, it's just what we've all been waiting for - another report on the banks.
This week, the CMA delivered its recommendations to shake up the current account market. Were they any good? And should we even bother trying?
After all, the banks themsel...

The whole financial system has failed us.
Bankers not content with stealing £500bn in the financial crisis have just been handed billions more by their boss at the Bank of England in a desperate attempt to prop up the economy.
We have the low...

It’s a well-known fact that everyone who works for a bank is a sociopath and thief who doesn’t sleep at night, not because they have a conscience, but because they’re vampires (ugly ones) feeding off the goodwill of the living.
Ok, it’s not a f

‘Exploited! Barmy Army!’
‘Exploited! Barmy Army!’
Come on? Who still remembers the early 80s war cry from post-punk nihilists, The Exploited?
And who else thinks it could equally now apply to first of the big post-Brexit foreign business in...

This week we meet Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones to talk about his guitar collection and... oh, sorry, that's not true.
However we dress this up, the truth is that this week's show and probably next week and the week after features more Brex...

It’s started.
You can’t decide to leave the world’s biggest trading block and not expect some serious financial consequences.
Especially when the boys responsible for it ran away.
The economics of Brexit are suddenly looking dark.
We could

In the run up to the ‘greatest constitutional crisis of modern times’ it was said that no one knew what would happen if we voted ourselves out of the EU.
But like so much of the twaddle peddled by both campaigns’ liars-in-chief, this was also not

Britain has voted to leave the EU in a historic referendum but what will Brexit mean for your money?
As the world digested the 52-48 Leave vote, Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce, of This is Money, join Georgie Frost of Share Radio to discuss what next.
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Around the same time that once-loved High Street retailer BHS was tumbling into administration, the journalist Roberto Saviano, who spent more 10 years exposing the criminal workings of the Mafia, announced to the Hay Literary Festival that Britain was.

It's not been a great week for big business? Sir Philip Green and the bosses at BHS have seen even greater criticism and Sports Direct's Mike Ashley was hauled in front of MPs.
So is our modern of big business capitalism going badly wrong?
Have we bu.

Walk around town centres in Britain and what do you see?
A few chain stores, a Poundland or two, betting shops, charity shops, lots of empty shops, Amazon delivery vans, tumbleweed?
We don't shop in the High Street like we used to. Even Poundland has .

This week on the show you’ve all been waiting for, broadcasting legend Georgie Frost, This is Money editor Simon Lambert and personal finance editor Rachel Rickard-Straus take a peak under the coffin lid of inheritance.
It can get nasty when grief ..

Have banks been let off the hook again? That's been the reaction to the CMA report into retail banking.
In this week's This is Money podcast with Share Radio, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost look at whether we should be doing more to bre...

If Britain were to leave the EU, it MIGHT prove to be an economic disaster for us.
The Bank of England governor Mark Carney, whose job it is to point things like this out, and other commentators, have said so. And the leavers don't like it.
Interes.

We’re not building enough homes – about 100,000 too few every year. It makes housing unaffordable.
To ‘help’, Barclays bank has decided to step in and offer 100% mortgages to first-time buyers. How quaintly 2007 is that?
The other catch is that

A buy-to-let boom in the run-up to the stamp duty hike for landlords and second homeowners triggered the biggest distortion of the market recorded, says the Council of Mortgage Lenders. So, with one tax hike now in and another on the way in the form of.

This episode is dedicated to Prince.
We were already planning a bit of a musical theme after a reader emailed This is Money to ask if she was entitled to a refund for an AC/DC concert.
She no longer wanted to attend because the lead singer Brian...

…everything to do with finance is beset with problems.
From insurance companies that spew policy small print at terminally patients to avoid paying out, through mobile phone companies with the customer services skills of a three-minute-old turtle ..

Tax is suddenly exciting news.
For normal people, it’s the start of a new tax year with another dump of - some ill-conceived - changes from Chancellor George Osborne to deal with.
For the disgustingly rich and famous, thanks to a leaky law firm,

In the way that worried nuclear bunker owners are probably stock-piling food as the reality of a President Trump dawns on them, so the Bank of England is preparing for the financial equivalent.
The bank that has its finger on the financial pulse of ...

This week might go down as the one Chancellor George Osborne got found out.
It’s not the first time one of his Budgets turned into a fiasco, but this time his U-turn – on slashing payments to disabled people - is going to cost £4bn.
When Parlia..

Tax cuts and the Lifetime Isa were the giveways in George Osborne's Budget, but will they help you?
Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce, of This is Money, join Georgie Frost, of Share Radio, to take the Chancellor's plans apart in this week’s This is Money ..

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has earned a reputation for leaks, U-Turns and unworkable tweaks to our taxes.
A captain of chaos, some might say.
His recent achievement, killing the cash Isa and replacing it with a tax-free limit on ALL savings ac.

Everything you thought you knew about life, the Isa and everything is wrong.
Modern life is amazing; we’ve never had it so good.
We have technology and prosperity above anything anyone a few decades ago could have possibly imagined.
And w...

Britain still holds a stake in two of its biggest banks, Lloyds and RBS, but how bad are they?
We take a look at whether the banks' results, whether they are cleaning up their act and whether they are worth investing in.
Meanwhile,...
It was the b...

What would Brexit mean for the UK economy?
It is said Great Britain used to rule the world.
Today we’re just a small part - albeit an important one - of Europe, with a few remaining outposts - most notably a couple of bailiwicks in France, an is...

Share prices around the world this week have been falling like dominoes in a record-breaking dominoes falling over attempt.
London loses 2% in a day, New York opens and falls 2% then in Asia the sell-off continues, slashing 2% off its market value....

It’s been a couple of years since Tesco got found out.
The store that thought it could get away with whatever it wanted because customers, it said, ‘wanted its cheap prices’ was embroiled in an accounting scandal in 1994. And the problems continu

After a seven-year investigation into Google’s UK tax affairs, the company agreed to pay £130m to us.
Chancellor George Osborne hailed it a huge success.
No one else agreed.
Especially not the Shadow Chancellor, anyone with a calculator, ...

Banks, the City, Wall Street, call them what you will – they use jargon to steal your money.
It’s what caused the walloping financial crash in 2008.
And it’s possibly what’s going to cause another one eight years later – that’s right, in

The four horsemen of apocalypse trotted into the money markets last week each brandishing a tool of financial destruction.
Plummeting oil prices
Global uncertainty
Trouble in the Middle East
Crisis in China
Luckily, this week everything is ahhh… so

2016 is going well - but only if you live in Leicester.
One week in, and the new year money news seems to be competing with the weather in terms of gloominess.
Luckily we have the most upbeat and entertaining trio in financial broadcasting, Sim...

After last year's Christmas show went viral thanks to turkey ham, an improbable Christmas dinner product included in the taste test, the 2015 edition had a lot to live up to.
This week, three wise men from This is Money - Simon, Lee and Rich - join ...

It’s not often that a watchdog not only watches but also bites.
But that’s what the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has done to our shameful banks.
Sorry listeners, it’s bad bankers again!
This time it’s the ‘pathetic’ interest rates pa

Is this the best financial product ever? From a saver's point of view the Help to Buy Isa may just be that.
Much of the work at This is Money involves uncovering bad behaviour at banks and other providers of financial products.
Anyone would think...

As shoppers plotted a course this week through the complicated array of bargains spewed into stores for Black Friday, the Chancellor was hatching a plot of his own to keep news of a £91bn tax raid out of his Autumn Statement.
Editor Simon Lambert an

When banks brought down the global economy in 2007/08, Iceland jailed the bankers responsible.
In Britain meanwhile, taxpayers gave our bankers getting on for £200 billion to be paid for by cutting spending on police, armed forces and the benefits...

What happened in the financial crisis? Is it time to forgive the banks and move on? Do we need the City?
Simon Lambert and Rachel Rickard Straus join Georgie Frost in the studio for a run through the week's essential money news.
This week's show ...

Everyone has a duty to pay tax – it’s the investment that allows democracy and civilised society to function.
But have you tried to contact the tax office lately?
In good times, it’s tough enough trying to get a tax refund from HMRC but now p

Find out what happens when a scammer pretends to be from broadband provider TalkTalk and attempts to take over an unsuspecting customer's computer.
And what happens when the customer turns out to be journalist Sam Greenhill, who strings along the conm.

Fraud and overcharging special - This is Money Show
If ever you needed proof that even the most unacceptable behaviour by financial and consumer 'service' providers can be entertaining, don't miss this week's episode.
The great money double act...

This week the Holy Trinity of financial entertainment, This is Money editor Simon Lambert, personal finance editor Rachel Rickard Straus and Share Radio supremo Georgie Frost sit around the digital fire with a mug of cocoa for a winter warmer of a sh..

Lloyds Bank, the bank that built its recent reputation on a massive mis-selling scandal, maybe at it again with the launch of a hard sales drive called Labrador.
Meanwhile, Sky is hiking its customers’ line rental fees again.
This is Money edi...

On the agenda This is Week
The Lloyds Banking Group shares sell-off at a 5% discount
The Government's house building plans
The effects of withdrawing tax credits from the low paid
Fines for parents taking children out of school
Tesco profits
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As property gets increasingly out of reach for all but the average oligarch, the experts head out across the country to locate regions that may still be of interest to homeowners.
Our property hotspots story has been a big talking point this week...

It's a good thing but, oh boy, it's complicated. The This is Money team discuss the new 5p bag tax and how it applies to fashion and fish to gussets. With Georgie Frost and Annie Weston of Share Radio #bagtax#carrierbags

This week will go down in history as the one Volkswagen got found out.
Doctoring emission tests on its diesel engines will cost the car company billions of pounds and cause untold damage to the reputation of Germany as a maker of trustworthy things.
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Imagine.
You go into a shop, you're greeted with a smile and a warm welcome by someone who understands the products on sale, who is genuinely pleased to help you, who is paid well and looked after by the company they are working for.
Well imagine n.

The Rolls-Royce edition.
What's so special about a £250,000 Rolls-Royce? We asked the luxury car maker to explain the appeal of its new Dawn convertible and tell us more about its Made in England success story.
The somewhat less salubrious subje...

This week Simon Lambert, Rich Browning and Georgie Frost take a fun look at the week's events. Banks are at it again. They say you don't have to have a contactless debit card if you don't want one but our readers say otherwise. Meanwhile they're introd.

There's panic on the streets of London! And Greece, China, America (north and south) and Europe.
It might sound like a horrorific geography lesson but this week the team from This is Money discuss various economic problems as falling stock and oil...

CleanThis is Money Show - Misselling madness, what a WW2 radio mast has to do with high-frequency trading - and how to get your complaints heard

This week Rachel Rickard Straus and Lee Boyce of This is Money talk to Share Radio's Georgie Frost about how to complain to the new ombudsman, misselling madness and high-frequency traders #complaints #ww2 #flashboys

CleanThis is Money Show: Interest rates, house price madness, how much to save for a pension, the £40k Skoda

When will interest rates rise? Are we any wiser after Super Thursday? Should we start raising them now or keep them rooted to the floor?
The thorny question of when to raise rates is on the agenda in this week's This is Money Show, along with what wil.

Invest in a car park? Not everyone would be tempted by that, but there are plenty of people flocking to esoteric investments. Is that wise?
This week we take an entertaining if gloomy look at the prospect of mortgage interest rate rises, Lloyds Bank's..

What's the best way to complain? To the boss.
This week Lee Boyce joins editor Simon Lambert at Share Radio with Georgie Frost to run through what the week's big money news means for you.
On the agenda is
- the exodus from Swindon, possibly d...

This week This is Money's Mark Shapland joins Personal Finance Editor Rachel Rickard Straus and Share Radio Presenter Georgie Frost for a look at the best bits of money news and the worst excesses of corporate greed.
Interest rates are finally apparen.

Rachel Rickard Straus joins Share Radio's Georgie Frost and This is Money's Lee Boyce to unearth further evidence of why EE should be shut away in George's Orwell's horror Room 101, how the taxman can now empty your bank account if he feels like it, mo.

Simon Lambert and Tanya Jefferies have read and written all the big money news this week. Why not spend a fun hour in their company as they talk about Greece's future as a serious country, whether it's worth stuffing your pension full of cash at the la.

CleanThis is Money Show - euros on test, when to retire, offering on a house, do you want a bank in your pocket?

How to spot where a euro note is from is on the agenda, as Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce join Share Radio star presenter for a lively look at the week's money news.
This week they also discuss when the age we hope to retire at - and why that is getti...

CleanThis is Money Show - Nationwide shocker, DVLA madness, would you buy a bank?

This week Rachel Rickard Straus joins editor Simon Lambert and Share Radio presenter Georgie Frost for a fun look at the week's money news.
This week a shocker from Nationwide on savings rates (clue it was a rise), the DVLA's driving licence hire ca...

How did our banks end up in such as mess with PPI? When will the pain for shareholders end?
Lloyds has been hit with a £117m claims mishandling fine to prolong its PPI agony.
It didn't need to be so bad though, Simon Lambert and Ed Monk, of This ...

Can you trust a financial journalist who has never seen Star Wars?
Of course you can.
And you can listen to him tearing up the week's money news.
This is Money's chief entertainer and investigator, reporter and Star Wars virgin Lee Boyce joins edit.

CleanThis is Money Show - peak house prices, cheaper motoring, budgeting, interest rates and your finances under a new Government

This week Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost are joined by Rich Browning for an entertaining look at the State and your finances, the state of your finances, productivity, pensioner bonds, house prices, cars that switch themselves off, how Japanese knotwe.

This week, don't miss Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and editor Simon Lambert as they lift the bonnet of financial entertainment to discover an unholy mess surrounding the health of diesel engines. There's confusion over election promises for the rental gene.

This is Money's Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce join Georgie Frost in the studio for a look at the money, business and finance news. This week's show features bad banks, money lessons to learn and mistakes to avoid, the charges we hate paying and a look at.

Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert are this week joined by Tanya Jefferies for an entertaining and passionate look at the big stories of the week. There is a housing crisis brewing, yet more confusion over pensions freedom, tax and divorce and is it reall.

Simon Lambert and Rachel Rickard Straus join Georgie Frost to talk about how much to offer on a property, how to make a pension last, why Sid could have made a mint on British Gas shares and Simon reveals an honest look at a year's investing.

This is Money's Simon Lambert and Marc Shoffman explain the tricks of the buy-to-let trade to Georgie Frost of Share Radio - on digital and online. #buytolet #property #investment #renting #houseprices

CleanThis is Money show - Help to buy Isas, shrinking teabags, growing vegetables and more fallout from the Budget

This week, Rich Browning and Ed Monk join Share Radio's Georgie Frost for an entertaining look at the minutia of the Chancellor's Budget, inheritance tax and huge cuts to Nationwide's 'loyal' savers accounts.
They also take a fun-size look at the ev..

CleanThis is Money show: Cheap euros, buy-to-let, TSB and rivals and saving for a pension early

This week, Georgie Frost of Share Radio is joined by Simon Lambert and Marc Shoffman to assess whether now is the time to buy euros, rental properties - even the TSB bank. They also look at the bribes banks offer to new customers, saving for your retir.

This week, Share Radio's Georgie Frost and This is Money Editor Simon Lambert are joined by reporter Rachel Rickard Straus for an entertaining look at the latest money news and investigations.
Including:
Are you being paid enough to make you happy?
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Editor Simon Lambert explains how on some measures there's still plenty to attract investors to the index of the UK's top 100 companies. Also taking part with Georgie Frost of Share Radio are This is Money's Rich Browning and Ed Monk.

CleanThis is Money show - not owning a home, FTSE 1999, pensions anarchy, scams and scandals

Georgie Frost of Share Radio is joined this week by This is Money's Rich Browning, Simon Lambert and Ed Monk to cast an entertaining eye over the money highlights of the week.
Stories under investigation include:
Home ownership at a record low
The.

CleanThis is Money show - property v shares, British cars, 6% savings, Bank of Dave and the broken energy market

It's time to run a bath and enjoy the dangerously warm glow from Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Rachel Rickard Straus as they join Share Radio's Georgie Frost for another entertaining insight into the week's money investigations.
This time...
What...

Is the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, all talk or is he the Maradona of finance?
Also in the show...
What's going on with inflation?
Why on earth is BT charging so much for calls to France?
Why does a washing machine cost four t...

This week, Share Radio's sport's mad presenter Georgie Frost is joined by This is Money's Lee Boyce, Simon Lambert and Marc Shoffman for an entertaining look at how to avoid paying obscene amounts of money to watch men play a game, the phenomenon of ph.

Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce discuss the sneaky tactics behind the latest round of changes to our gas and electricity bills and ask whether there are further savings to be made by changing provider. With Georgie Frost of Share Radio's Consuming Issues.

This week, editor Simon Lambert and top reporter Lee Boyce offer an entertaining insight into what on earth QE in the EU by the ECB means, why Top of the Pops should come back on a Thursday, the stupid diesel tax, energy bills, more on the pensioner bo.

This week star reporter Lee Boyce joins editor Simon Lambert and Share Radio presenter Georgie Frost to discuss why Skoda is better than Lamborghini, how Tesco went so wrong, where to find the best bank accounts, Premium Bonds and how to get maximum....

This week: This is Money's Ed Monk and Rachel Rickard-Straus join editor Simon Lambert to investigate whether 'Black Friday' offers are as good as the retailers claim, whether building societies are ripping us off over interest rates and much more. Wit.

This week editor Simon Lambert and investigative reporter Lee Boyce explain how scammers are making thousands of pounds from your old mobile phones, how Lloyds bankers just can't stop the hard-sell and loads more of the big week’s big money stories

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